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Re: Two distances among Four Points

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"Carl G." <carlgnews@microprizes.com> posted:

> On 3/25/2026 4:44 AM, James Dow Allen wrote:
> 
> > I've lost interest in changing my name since learning that my e-mail
> > server will not allow this as an account name....
> 
> You might consider signing with an anagram (e.g., "OLD MAN'S A JEWEL").

I'd rather just change my name than be reminded I'm OLD.

This is NOT the first time a Usenetter has anagrammed my name to 'OLD.'
When I was in my 60's I could almost credibly shrug this off: I was
"middle-aged", but I think the window for that euphemism has expired
by now.  (Didn't I see some of you guys here in a previous century?
Some of you might be middle-aged by now yourselves.)

It's the 'DOW' that causes the trouble of course (tho I don't mind 'JEWEL')
and I don't know where it even came from.  My father was a DOW,
as was his father, and as was that grandfather's uncle.  But if the
often-mispronounced syllable had any special significance it's long
forgotten.

Instead of 13 letters, my birth certificate uses 16 letters!
Even harder to pronounce than 'DOW' is the 'III' appended to my name there.
(Could this be why I'm one of the fogeys that still refers to the
Three of Spades as the 'Trey'?)

If you can't think of a more flattering anagram using the added three I's,
perhaps I'll just find a moniker I like and anagram backwards to form
my new name.

Or, spelling 'III' with a lower-case L ('IIl'),
I could valedict with this gibberish:

Cheers
wILl smIle on a JADe

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Two distances among Four Points James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-03-17 19:14 +0000
  Re: Two distances among Four Points Charlie Roberts <croberts@gmail.com> - 2026-03-18 16:36 -0400
    Re: Two distances among Four Points James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-03-20 06:03 +0000
      Re: Two distances among Four Points  Charlie Roberts <croberts@gmail.com> - 2026-03-20 12:50 -0400
    Re: Two distances among Four Points Charlie Roberts <croberts@gmail.com> - 2026-03-20 11:04 -0400
      Re: Two distances among Four Points Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> - 2026-03-20 16:22 +0000
        Re: Two distances among Four Points Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2026-05-19 20:01 +0300
  Re: Two distances among Four Points "Carl G." <carlgnews@microprizes.com> - 2026-03-20 09:58 -0700
    Re: Two distances among Four Points James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-03-20 17:11 +0000
      Re: Two distances among Four Points Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> - 2026-03-21 15:55 +0000
        Re: Two distances among Four Points James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-03-22 07:20 +0000
          Re: Two distances among Four Points HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-03-23 16:16 +0000
            Re: Two distances among Four Points Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> - 2026-03-25 02:40 +0000
              Re: Two distances among Four Points James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-03-25 11:44 +0000
                Re: Two distances among Four Points "Carl G." <carlgnews@microprizes.com> - 2026-03-25 09:17 -0700
                Re: Two distances among Four Points James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-03-26 07:58 +0000
                Re: Two distances among Four Points "Carl G." <carlgnews@microprizes.com> - 2026-03-26 10:26 -0700
                Re: Two distances among Four Points James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-03-27 10:25 +0000
                Re: Two distances among Four Points James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-03-27 20:27 +0000

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